Exploring Design Attributes and Development of an Acoustic VR Game to Improve Ethical Values of Visually Impaired People

Despite having a strong desire to understand and mix up with the normal flow in a society, visually impaired people lack the required knowledge of ethical values due to their visual limitations. The objective of this research is to develop an acoustic virtual reality (VR) game to improve the ethical values of visually impaired people. To achieve this objective, user requirements are collected using a semi-structured interview approach. Then, an android based acoustic and interactive VR game is developed using android studio and cloud database. Finally, an evaluation study is conducted involving visually impaired users to validate the performance of the game by measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the game along with the satisfaction of the users. Evaluation study reveals a moderate effectiveness and efficiency score of the developed game while 87% of participants like to recommend the game to other users. The developed game is expected to be very useful to improve the ethical values of visually impaired people and provide them with the knowledge for better situational awareness.